Dozens of individuals have died in an explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan.
At the least 33 individuals had been killed within the blast that hit a mosque throughout Friday prayers in northern Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman introduced.
The explosion occurred at a mosque within the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz.
It's unclear who's behind the assault.
Friday's explosion follows a sequence of assaults in Afghanistan on Thursday.
"I condemn the a number of assaults yesterday in Afghanistan, together with on the Seh Dokan mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif throughout prayers," mentioned UN Secretary-Basic António Guterres.
"I prolong my deepest condolences to the households of the victims & want a swift restoration to these injured," he added.
An affiliate of the so-called Islamic State - generally known as ISIS-Ok - claimed accountability for the sequence of three assaults on Thursday, in response to the phobia group's Telegram channel.
Within the worst of the three, 11 individuals had been killed and 40 injured within the explosion that hit a Shi’ite mosque within the metropolis of Mazar-e-Sharif, mentioned an Afghani well being official Thursday.
Earlier that day, two kids had been injured by a roadside bomb within the Afghan capital metropolis, Kabul.
The United Nations Particular Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, denounced the blasts on Thursday.
"Systematic, focused assaults on crowded faculties and mosques name for instant investigation, accountability and finish to human rights violations," he mentioned.
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